Vinyl vs. Record — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Vinyl and Record
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Vinyl
Synthetic resin or plastic consisting of polyvinyl chloride or a related polymer, used for wallpapers and other covering materials and for gramophone records
The vinyl is cut to size with a craft knife
Vinyl floor tiles
Record
To set down for preservation in writing or other permanent form
She recorded her thoughts in a diary.
Vinyl
Of or denoting the unsaturated hydrocarbon radical —CH=CH₂, derived from ethylene by removal of a hydrogen atom
A vinyl group
Record
To register or indicate
The clerk recorded the votes.
Vinyl
The univalent hydrocarbon group CH2=CH, derived from ethylene.
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Record
To render (sound or images) into permanent form for reproduction in a magnetic or electronic medium.
Vinyl
Any of various compounds containing the vinyl group, typically highly reactive, easily polymerized, and used as basic materials for plastics.
Record
To record the words, sound, appearance, or performance of (someone or something)
Recorded the oldest townspeople on tape.
Recorded the violin concerto.
Vinyl
Any of various typically tough, flexible, shiny plastics, often used for coverings and clothing.
Record
To record something.
Vinyl
Phonograph records considered as a group
A secondhand store that buys and sells vinyl.
Record
An account, as of information or facts, set down especially in writing as a means of preserving knowledge.
Vinyl
The univalent radical CH2=CH−, derived from ethylene.
Record
Something on which such an account is based.
Vinyl
(countable) Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics.
Record
Something that records
A fossil record.
Vinyl
Phonograph records as a medium.
Many DJs prefer vinyl to CDs.
Record
Information or data on a particular subject collected and preserved
The coldest day on record.
Vinyl
A phonograph record.
Record
The known history of performance, activities, or achievement
Your academic record.
Hampered by a police record.
Vinyl
(chemistry) Containing the vinyl radical.
Record
An unsurpassed measurement
A world record in weightlifting.
A record for cold weather.
Vinyl
Made of polyvinyl chloride.
Record
(Computers) A collection of related, often adjacent items of data, treated as a unit.
Vinyl
(music) Pertaining to a phonograph record.
Record
(Law) A transcript or a collection of statements and related information reporting the proceedings of a legislative body, a court, or an executive.
Vinyl
The hypothetical radical C2H3, regarded as the characteristic residue of ethylene and that related series of unsaturated hydrocarbons with which the allyl compounds are homologous.
Record
A disk designed to be played on a phonograph.
Vinyl
A univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene
Record
A musical recording that is issued on a medium of some kind.
Vinyl
Shiny and tough and flexible plastic; used especially for floor coverings
Record
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.
The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.
Record
Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
We have no record of you making this payment to us.
Record
Ellipsis of phonograph record: a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.
I still like records better than CDs.
Record
(computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?
Record
(programming) A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C# and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.
Record
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Record
The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
The heat and humidity were both new records.
The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.
Record
(attributive) Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; extreme.
Record
(transitive) To make a record of information.
I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
Record
(transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
Record
To give legal status to by making an official public record.
When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.
Record
(intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
Record
(intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
Record
To repeat; to practice.
Record
To sing or repeat a tune.
Record
(obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.
Record
To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.
Record
To repeat; to recite; to sing or play.
They longed to see the day, to hear the larkRecord her hymns, and chant her carols blest.
Record
To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events.
Those things that are recorded of him . . . are written in the chronicles of the kings.
Record
To reflect; to ponder.
Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.
Record
To sing or repeat a tune.
Whether the birds or she recorded best.
Record
A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record.
Record
An official contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or public officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the receiver of taxes.
Record
Testimony; witness; attestation.
John bare record, saying.
Record
That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.
Record
That which has been, or might be, recorded; the known facts in the course, progress, or duration of anything, as in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a good or a bad record.
Record
That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.
Record
Anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events;
The film provided a valuable record of stage techniques
Record
The number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had;
At 9-0 they have the best record in their league
Record
An extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport);
He tied the Olympic record
Coffee production last year broke all previous records
Chicago set the homicide record
Record
Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves
Record
The sum of recognized accomplishments;
The lawyer has a good record
The track record shows that he will be a good president
Record
A list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted;
He ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court
The prostitute had a record a mile long
Record
A compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone;
Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'
His name is in all the recordbooks
Record
A document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction;
They could find no record of the purchase
Record
Make a record of; set down in permanent form
Record
Register electronically;
They recorded her singing
Record
Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments;
The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
The gauge read `empty'
Record
Be aware of;
Did you register any change when I pressed the button?
Record
Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event;
This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
We memorialized the Dead
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